Chapter 261 Two Chicken Soups
After the chicken soup was ready, Rong Xin personally delivered it to Yu Qian.
Xu An saw her coming, took two steps forward and asked with a smile, "But does Concubine Xi have any instructions?"
"Her Majesty saw that the Emperor had stomach discomfort, so she specially asked the kitchen to stew chicken soup with Hericium erinaceus to nourish the Emperor's stomach." Rong Xin raised the food box in her hand and answered with a smile.
"Your Highness Xipin is so thoughtful." Xu An took it and asked, "Does Your Highness have anything to tell His Majesty?"
Rong Xin smiled and said, "Your Majesty is just worried that the Emperor will not take care of his body and will not eat on time. Your Majesty also knows that the Emperor is busy with government affairs and has to rely on Eunuch Xu to remind him."
"Of course." Xu An responded, and then he glanced at the palace, lowered his voice and said to Rong Xin: "Let your majesty rest assured, the emperor has never been really angry with your majesty. As soon as I came back, the emperor called Doctor Zhang Yu to ask about your majesty's condition."
"Besides, I am here to persuade the Emperor. It's just that..." He smiled, "You have to persuade the Empress more as well. We servants just hope that our masters are happy. If our masters are not happy, we will not have a good life."
Rong Xin could tell that he was somewhat blaming Ah Qin, so she didn't respond, but just smiled at him, "Thank you, Eunuch Xu."
She didn't respond, and Xu An didn't get annoyed, and they each went on with their own business.
"Then I'd better send the soup in quickly. If it gets cold, it will be a waste of your Majesty's efforts."
Huo Jinchi, who was in the hall, had already heard the noise outside. When Xu An walked in, he looked up and asked, "Who is it?"
"It's Rong Xin who is beside Concubine Xi..."
Before Xu An finished speaking, Huo Jinchi raised his head again and asked anxiously, "What happened to Concubine Xi?"
Seeing this reaction, Xu An wanted to laugh, but he could only suppress his smile and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, it's okay. Your Majesty was worried about your stomach discomfort this morning, so she specially asked someone to stew chicken soup with Hericium erinaceus and send it to you. Your Majesty, please drink some while it's hot?"
Huo Jinchi's expression eased a little, and then he noticed the food box in his hand and asked, "Where is the person?"
He didn't say he didn't want to drink, so Xu An understood that he wanted to drink, so he put the food box aside, took out the soup bowl from it, and replied: "Your Majesty, Rong Xin is still outside, do you want me to call him in?"
Huo Jinchi was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, "Let her in."
"Yes." Xu An put the chicken soup on the low table on the couch and walked out with the food box.
Huo Jinchi glanced at the steaming soup bowl, walked out from behind the desk and sat on the couch.
As soon as I sat down, Rong Xin came in.
"This servant pays respects to His Majesty."
Huo Jinchi raised his hand to let him stand up, and drank a sip of the soup. It tasted mellow and sweet, and must have been simmered over a slow fire for a long time.
At this time, it is estimated that the soup has been stewing since he left Yanning Palace.
Looking at the clear soup in the bowl, a smile appeared on his lips, "What did your master say?"
Rong Xin couldn't figure out what he meant for a moment, so he could only repeat what he had said to Xu An outside the hall.
After hearing this, Huo Jinchi's complexion became better.
I think Yunqin still has some conscience.
"Anything else?" he asked again.
Something else?
She couldn't say that she did it to please the emperor, could she?
Rong Xin considered her tone and said with some trepidation: "Forgive me for being so timid. Her Majesty said that she was in a good mood, so she didn't bother with the Emperor, so she asked someone to stew chicken soup..."
This is indeed the tone that only Yun Qin can use. Huo Jinchi sneered and waved his hand at her, "Go down, and tell your master that I can still afford to break these one or two sets of tableware, so tell her not to be so stingy."
"Yes, I will definitely pass on the message."
Rong Xin walked out of the hall, bowed to Xu An again, took the food box and walked out of his sight, then slowly let out a breath.
It was so suspenseful just now.
Fortunately, she remembered that Aqin had said before that she should be happier, so when the emperor asked her a question just now, she gave the reason that she was in a good mood.
Judging from the emperor's expression, he should be satisfied.
As expected, Aqin understands the emperor.
As soon as Rong Xin left, Cuixuan, who had agreed to go with Nie, came over with a food box in her hand. Coincidentally, it also contained a bowl of ginseng chicken soup.
Xu Anke was not so enthusiastic about her. He smiled faintly and said, "Unfortunately, the emperor just drank a bowl of chicken soup. We have to go in and ask the emperor what he thinks. If we accept it and the emperor doesn't drink it, wouldn't it be a waste of our kindness?"
Cui Xuan was startled, then asked with a smile: "I wonder which master sent it?"
She was smart and knew it must have been sent by the harem.
The news that Rong Xin had been here would surely spread throughout the harem very quickly, so there was no need for him to hide it, and he said, "It was sent by Concubine Xi."
After saying this, without giving her a chance to ask again, "Wait a moment, I will go ask the emperor first."
Huo Jinchi was still sitting on the couch by the window drinking soup. He heard the conversation between the two clearly. Without waiting for Xu An to speak, he said:
"Send someone back and tell her that I don't like Nie Danying and Fang Danying arguing."
Xu An lowered his eyes when he heard the voice and replied, "Yes."
Cuixuan didn't expect him to come out so quickly, and asked hurriedly, "Eunuch Xu, what did the emperor say?"
The emperor's attitude also determined Xu An's attitude. He stood straight and turned the whisk in his hand. "The emperor is still drinking the chicken soup sent by Concubine Xi. You can take this back."
For several days in a row, the emperor had never refused anything sent by Shu Yaxuan. This caught Cuixuan off guard, but she quickly adjusted her facial expression.
"Eunuch Xu, this is the soup I promised to make myself. I have been making it since this morning. It is almost time for lunch now. It is okay to save it for lunch."
Xu An smiled faintly, "Miss Cuixuan, you don't understand. The problem is not with the soup. Who caused Nie Danying and Fang Danying to quarrel today? The emperor happened to see it. Fang Danying just became the emperor's favorite yesterday. Do you think the emperor would be happy?"
Cuixuan was struck by lightning when she heard this. She tried to speak again but was interrupted by Xu An.
He was too lazy to listen to nonsense, so he shook off the whisk in his hand and said, "I have made my point clear enough, please..."
Seeing that he was colder than before, Cuixuan understood that it was useless to pester him and it might even make the emperor angrier. She could only look into the main hall unwillingly, then turned around and left with her food box.
When they returned to Shu Yaxuan, Nie Danying saw that she had brought the soup back intact, and his face instantly turned gloomy.
"Didn't you tell me that this was the soup I made myself?"
"Of course I will tell you." Cuixuan was a little nervous and told Nie Danying everything that had happened, including what she said about Xu An.
Nie Danying was naturally totally unpredictable, "It turned out to be because of that jerk named Fang!"
She was so angry that she almost broke the fist she had just raised. "It was obviously that bastard who was deliberately looking for trouble today. I just slept with him once! I should have slept with him first. It should have been me!"
Nie Danying pounded the table so hard that it shook the earth.
Cuixuan lowered her head even lower, not daring to breathe, for fear that she would vent her anger on herself.
Nie Danying suddenly snorted coldly, "What ability does that bastard have?" Then he gritted his teeth and said, "Queen Mother, it's all because of the Queen Mother. She didn't want me to stand out!"
"After using me, you want to throw me away. How can such a good thing happen in this world?" Her eyes gradually showed some viciousness.